Tickets are on sale for Woodlawn Arts Academy and Dixon Public Schools’ production of Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka, Jr.” The captivating adaptation of Dahl’s fantastical tale is a musical theatre production. It runs Friday, January 11, and Saturday, January 12, 2019, at Dixon High School Auditorium, 319 Statute Drive, Dixon, IL.
Performances are 7:00 p.m. on January 11; 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. Saturday, January 12. Tickets are $6 each and available for sale (cash or check only) at Woodlawn Arts Academy, 3807 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, IL, or Reagan Middle School (during school office hours), 620 Division Street, Dixon, IL.
This is the fourth year Woodlawn and Dixon schools’ have collaborated on a winter production.
Woodlawn Arts Academy is an agency of United Way of Whiteside and Lee Counties, and programs are partially funded by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
From MTI Shows: The delicious adventures of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory light up the stage. It features enchanting songs from the 1971 film, in addition to a host of fun, new songs. The play follows candy manufacturer Wonka as he stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whoever finds these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory–as well as a lifetime supply of candy! Four-of-the-five winning children are insufferable brats.
The fifth is a likeable, young lad named Charlie Bucket, who takes the tour in the company of his equally amiable grandfather. The children must learn to follow Mr. Wonka’s rules in the factory–or suffer the consequences!